The scenery pulses, shifts. One minute, tranquil. The next, a flash of unforgiving white, before the seas roaring with tidal waves that reach like great mouths of water. The sky is dark, the stars falling like embers from a fire, and the air around you grows thick and heavy like a hand pressing down upon you. The red star above you lies unmoving. Uncaring.
On your palm, you find something practically engraved in your skin. Three circles sit in a straight line, with the center being significantly larger. The first of the circles faintly flickers, but never quite solidifies. You are missing something important.
...
>> In front of you sits a primitive but sturdy canoe, abandoned. Fading footsteps lead away from it, as though its owner fled in a hurry quite some time ago.
>> To your left, a strange structure glistening with a green light sits high above your head, up a winding stone staircase overlooking the sea.
>> To your right, the beach stretches off into rocky lowlands filled with smoke and charred wood.
>> Behind you are white sandy paths, threading out and disappearing into lush tropical plantlife. A crude wooden sign can be seen several yards in, where the sand starts to split off into dirt and rock and mud, though it cannot be read from where you stand. A bond with Vakama (Diamond) will be present from the moment your feet touch the sand, though it is incredibly faint. Though not necessary, it is heavily recommended you team up with those around you to progress.
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[The transition through realities is fuzzy. Like static; like a million points of electricity that turn off, then back on.
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You step onto a sprawling shoreline as the sun starts to rise.
The crash of the sea echoes in your ears.
The scenery pulses, shifts. One minute, tranquil. The next, a flash of unforgiving white, before the seas roaring with tidal waves that reach like great mouths of water. The sky is dark, the stars falling like embers from a fire, and the air around you grows thick and heavy like a hand pressing down upon you. The red star above you lies unmoving. Uncaring.
You can feel it deep in your bones.
The world is dying.
It is the only oddity - the only warning - that you receive before the scenery snaps back to normal. The stretches of an enormous island, lush with life, tower over you. Distant icy mountains, unending treetops, the silhouette of a massive volcano. The same strange red star still lies nestled in the heavens. Uncaring, over all of it.
On your palm, you find something practically engraved in your skin. Three circles sit in a straight line, with the center being significantly larger. The first of the circles faintly flickers, but never quite solidifies. You are missing something important.
...
>> In front of you sits a primitive but sturdy canoe, abandoned. Fading footsteps lead away from it, as though its owner fled in a hurry quite some time ago.
>> To your left, a strange structure glistening with a green light sits high above your head, up a winding stone staircase overlooking the sea.
>> To your right, the beach stretches off into rocky lowlands filled with smoke and charred wood.
>> Behind you are white sandy paths, threading out and disappearing into lush tropical plantlife. A crude wooden sign can be seen several yards in, where the sand starts to split off into dirt and rock and mud, though it cannot be read from where you stand.
A bond with Vakama (Diamond) will be present from the moment your feet touch the sand, though it is incredibly faint. Though not necessary, it is heavily recommended you team up with those around you to progress.
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